Union garment.



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UNION GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 9,1910. I Patented-May 16, 1911.

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UNION GARMENT. I APPLICATION IILED APB..9,1-910 Patented May v 16, 1911.

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.. hpfllieatiori filgid :Api i1l9, 1910 Serial-No. 554,494.

'Herkiiner and State or New York, have invented certain new; anduseful-Improvements in Union Garments; and I hereby. de

clare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof,reference being bad to the accompa,ying drawings, which formpart of thisspecification.

This invention is an improvement in socalled union suits or undergarments.

My union. suitfis constructed to embody substantially the ordinaryseparate shirt and drawers; it opens up the front to admit the body likea shirt; it also opens in front like ordinary drawers to permit, thefunctions of nature. It also has asingle opening in a the back, -butnot: connected with the opening in front, which posterior openingiscovered with a' single clothfiap extending from a. point. at about themiddle of the back to the bottom'of the opening in the back. It hasaclosed or uncut space at the crotch'between the front and rear openings,and this closure renders the garment more "comfortable to the wearer,and also holds the garment together at theuse of buttons. 1

I will now describe my" union under garthe crotch .without ment and themode ofmakingsame'refer ring to the accompanying drawings as part ofthis specification;

In said drawings :Figure 1 indicates the I mode of cutting apiece offabric, preferably tubular, preparatory to making one of-my union undergarments therefrom. Fig. 2 is r a front view of the garment partiallyfinished. Fig. 3 is arear view of Fig. 2.

therein by the gusset. Fig. 6 is an enlargedv view of the gussetdetached. Fig. 7 is aview of one form of posterior flap Fig. 8

Figs. 4 and 5 are detail front and rear views of thegarment indicatingthe fullness provided is a detail view of another form of posteriorflap. Fig. 9 isan enlarged rearview of the posterior portion of thegarment with the preferred form of 'flap closure and partly broken away.Fig. 10 is a similar view showing a modified. form of flap.

The garment can be made out of sheet fabric, but is most economicallymade'out of tubular fabric as indicated in Fig. 1; and such fabric ispreferably kn1tted, l 1ke?'that commonly employed in the manufacture of.p

at the point 6.; Thegus'set'maybe inserted underwear. When made-"ofsuclr material ing in the body and both. plies of fabric are cut on thelines a-b' and -bc to form the leg portions, the

point I) determining the-hip and posterior portions of the' garinent,.and the resulting triangular portion a+-b'0 being removed. Thenboth pliesare'cut on the tapering lines 5 6 and b'f, as shown inFig.,1,'the triangular section bounded by the lines b ef being removed;The adjacent leg' portions are sewed togeth er along the lines a-b, and

Z)-c", to form the legs of the garmentyand the. rear of the body portionof the garment 1s closed by sewing together the opposite edges of theincision (lines b 'f and bee) thereby forming a vertical seam h in theback-of the garment which extends from the neck portion about'tothewaist line or the point d (F ig. 3) at the rear of the garment.

The front of the body portion is finished lby hemming and facing'eachedge of the incision along the line me and the line 'mf respectively(Fig. 1), and is also sewed together ,bet;ween the points cZ-m (Fig. 1)and as indicated in Fig.2; and one edge of the front portion between thepointscZe (Fig. 1) is lined .and button-holed as the width'of' thefolded tubeshould equal" .half the desired diameter .at the chest (O -PF1g.*2), after the triangular shaped. ---por'tion e -b.fhas beentakenaway. The

fabric is flattened out: as indicated'in Fig. 1

usual, and the other edge betweenv the points d f (Fig. l), is providedwith buttons as indicated in Fig. 2, so that the front openbe buttonedup.

portion of thegarment can The neck and arm portions of the gar -ment maybe cut and finished in the usual manner {and the sleeves not shown) may.

body if desired in the.

be attached to the usual way.

At the crotch portion of the garment between the front and rear openingsandjbe-P 'lowthe. closure m is" inserted a-gnsset G1,

which is preferably formed of. one plece or" material, of practicallythe diamond shaped form ,indicated Fig. 6'. Said gusset has a shorttriangular front portioni'g' (below wardly anda pears-at the {front of te garment (Figs. 2 aud t); the sides" of this portion 9 being sewn tothe opposite edges of theslit or cut in the front'layer of the tnbebelowthe closure m and between the garment are being sewn. The rear portionof this gusset (2'. e. the part a bove-po1nts' when the seams in the leg'portionsof the S-T Fig. 6') is also triangular. but much longer thanthe front portion, and is also bent upwardly,- and its opposite outeredges are sewn to the opposite edges of thecut in the rear portionof thegarment above the line or point bb' and beneath seam 72,

(Figs. 3, 9 andlO) the rear triangular portion of the gusset extendsconsiderably' above the front triangular portion thereof,

. as indicated in Figs. 3 and 5, so as to provide a large opening in theposterior portion of the garment extending from thel'in'e of the point 6to the point (Z; Figs. 3, 9 and 10. The rear portion of the gusset isdivided by a slit in line with the'sea'm 72, and the edges of this slit7'. form the boundaries of the. posterior opening 111 the garment. The.

gusset G it Will be observed gives fullness to the posterior'portionofthe garment, biit 'doesnot extenddown into the leg portions and isnotusedto give increased width to the leg portions; but simply to supplythe desired fullness to the posterior portion of the garment above thecrotch and -at the crotch, (see Flgs. 4 and 5), and to make a a closureat the crotch'between' the front clos- ,30

ure andtherear opening.

The rear opening formed'by .slit j is covered-bymeans of a singlefiap,The flap F (see Figs. 3, 5, 7 and 9) has one edge sewn to the rearportion of the gusset G .above this-slit (as at 41. Figs. 5, 9 and 10);so

along one edge ofthe slit j and tovthe seam llthat said can be closedover the slit and buttoned. to thebody of the garment as indicated at 76in Figs. 3., 5 .and 7, making a complete simple and neatmlosure. In-Jstead of buttoning the flap the upper edge ofthe flap E- (Fig. 6); maybe sewn to the garmenflabove the slit j, 'as shown at n in Fig. 10.'Preferably the flap, For F, ex-

tends above the gusset G and its upper part is stitched to the garmentalong" the back seam h as shown at z" in Figs. 3, 53 9 and 10. .It willhe seen that 'myunion garment practically combines a close well fittingshirt and well fitting drawers with a full opening in the front ofthe-hotly portion separated from a sufficient posterior opening, and

closed vatthe crotch and below the} front opening and intermediate saidopening; and that only-fa single gore is used to give the desired extrafullness to the posterior por-.

tion of the garment.

Another -1 portant feature is the closing,

or closure. of the crotch portion of the garv ment betweenthe frontopening and the rear opening j, which-greatly increases-the comfort ofthe wearer. I also avoid the use of uncomfortable overlapping flaps inthe crotchjone gusset alone is required and this provides both thedesired fullness at'the posterior portion of the garmentv and the Havingdescribed my invention I a of the garment below the front openingtherein,-a'nd having a long triangular rear part extending upwardly inthe rear of the garment, and inserted in the posterior pore tionthereof, said rear part of the gusset I being vertically slitted toform'the posterior openingv in the garment, anda .re'ar flap'having oneedge secured to oneaedge of theislit. in the rear part of the 'gussetandadapted tolclosesaid opening, substali tizilly as de scribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I allix my signaturein presence of two witnesses. J than when TERWI-LLIGEIL;

Witnesses: v I JOHN J. 0001;, 4 H. YOCUM.

